The Japanese, former glory of Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United, signed in Sint-Truiden. With his status, he walks in the footsteps of other illustrious foreign players who have landed in Belgium. With several successes but also many failures …
148 Bundesliga games with Borussia Dortmund (over two periods), 38 Premier League games with Manchester United who had spent 16 million euros in 2012 to secure his services. To this, we must add 33 Champions League meetings with these two clubs. Such is the pedigree of Shinji Kagawa, former glory of Japanese football who has just signed, at 32, a contract in Sint-Truiden.
Even if the star of Kagawa has paled in recent years with mixed experiences in Zaragoza (Spanish D2) and at PAOK in Greece, he is part of the caste of very great players who experienced an adventure in Belgium at dusk. of their career.
Here is a quick overview of these former foreign football stars who arrived in Belgium for a final freelance. With very contrasting results.
